addressed comments and added tests

python/pyspark/sql/functions.py

@@ -40,11 +40,24 @@ def _function_obj(sc, is_math=False):
         return sc._jvm.mathfunctions
 
 
-def _create_function(name, doc="", is_math=False):
+def _create_function(name, doc="", is_math=False, binary=False):
     """ Create a function for aggregator by name"""
-    def _(col):
+    def _(col1, col2=None):
         sc = SparkContext._active_spark_context
-        jc = getattr(_function_obj(sc, is_math), name)(col._jc if isinstance(col, Column) else col)
+        if not binary:
+            jc = getattr(_function_obj(sc, is_math), name)(col1._jc if isinstance(col1, Column)
+                                                           else col1)
+        else:
+            assert col2, "The second column for %s not provided!" % name
+            # users might write ints for simplicity. This would throw an error on the JVM side.
+            if type(col1) is int:
+                col1 = col1 * 1.0
+            if type(col2) is int:
+                col2 = col2 * 1.0
+            jc = getattr(_function_obj(sc, is_math), name)(col1._jc if isinstance(col1, Column)
+                                                           else col1,
+                                                           col2._jc if isinstance(col2, Column)
+                                                           else col2)
         return Column(jc)
     _.__name__ = name
     _.__doc__ = doc
@@ -107,14 +120,25 @@ def _(col):
              'measured in radians.'
 }
 
+# math functions that take two arguments as input
+_binary_math_functions = {
+    'atan2': 'Returns the angle theta from the conversion of rectangular coordinates (x, y) to' +
+             'polar coordinates (r, theta).',
+    'hypot': 'Computes `sqrt(a^2^ + b^2^)` without intermediate overflow or underflow.',
+    'pow': 'Returns the value of the first argument raised to the power of the second argument.'
+}
+
 
 for _name, _doc in _functions.items():
     globals()[_name] = _create_function(_name, _doc)
 for _name, _doc in _math_functions.items():
     globals()[_name] = _create_function(_name, _doc, True)
+for _name, _doc in _binary_math_functions.items():
+    globals()[_name] = _create_function(_name, _doc, True, True)
 del _name, _doc
 __all__ += _functions.keys()
 __all__ += _math_functions.keys()
+__all__ += _binary_math_functions.keys()
 __all__.sort()
 
 

python/pyspark/sql/tests.py

@@ -387,6 +387,35 @@ def test_aggregator(self):
         self.assertTrue(95 < g.agg(functions.approxCountDistinct(df.key)).first()[0])
         self.assertEqual(100, g.agg(functions.countDistinct(df.value)).first()[0])
 
+    def test_math_functions(self):
+        df = self.sc.parallelize([Row(a=i, b=2 * i) for i in range(10)]).toDF()
+        from pyspark.sql import functions
+        import math
+
+        def get_values(l):
+            return [j[0] for j in l]
+
+        def assert_close(a, b):
+            c = get_values(b)
+            diff = [abs(v - c[k]) < 1e-6 for k, v in enumerate(a)]
+            return sum(diff) == len(a)
+        assert_close([math.cos(i) for i in range(10)],
+                     df.select(functions.cos(df.a)).collect())
+        assert_close([math.cos(i) for i in range(10)],
+                     df.select(functions.cos("a")).collect())
+        assert_close([math.sin(i) for i in range(10)],
+                     df.select(functions.sin(df.a)).collect())
+        assert_close([math.sin(i) for i in range(10)],
+                     df.select(functions.sin(df['a'])).collect())
+        assert_close([math.pow(i, 2 * i) for i in range(10)],
+                     df.select(functions.pow(df.a, df.b)).collect())
+        assert_close([math.pow(i, 2) for i in range(10)],
+                     df.select(functions.pow(df.a, 2)).collect())
+        assert_close([math.pow(i, 2) for i in range(10)],
+                     df.select(functions.pow(df.a, 2.0)).collect())
+        assert_close([math.hypot(i, 2 * i) for i in range(10)],
+                     df.select(functions.hypot(df.a, df.b)).collect())
+
     def test_save_and_load(self):
         df = self.df
         tmpPath = tempfile.mkdtemp()